New on Blu-ray: HAPPYEND (2024) Starring Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka & Yuta Hayashi

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Product Description: Best friends Yuta and Kou are about to graduate high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in the school. Between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, Kou feels increasingly frustrated with the world while Yuta seems completely unaware. Finding an empathetic ear in a passionate student activist, Kou’s political consciousness blossoms. Assuming that Yuta would never understand his newfound interests, Kou begins to avoid his friend. For the first time in their lifelong friendship, the two are forced to confront differences that they never had expressed before.

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"Happyend" is a Japanese sci-fi drama written and directed by Neo Sora. Set in a near-future Tokyo, as the threat of a catastrophic earthquake looms, two friends prank their principal before graduation, which leads to an opressive surveillance system being installed in their school. The cast includes Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Shina Peng, Arazi, Kilala Inori and Pushim.

The film premiered at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Horizons Award. It opened in theaters in Japan on October 4, 2024, and in the US on September 12, 2025. On January 2, 2026, it was released on digital platforms.

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New on DVD & Blu-ray: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - OPUS (2023)

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Product Description: A celebration of an artist’s life in the purest sense, Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is the swan song of one of the world’s greatest musicians. As a parting gift, just months before his death in 2023, Sakamoto mustered all of his energy to leave us with one final performance: a concert film featuring just him and a piano, directed by his son, Neo Sora. Curated and sequenced by Sakamoto himself, the twenty of his pieces played in the film wordlessly tell the story of his life and his wide-ranging oeuvre. The selection spans his entire career, from his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra and his magnificent scores for filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Nagisa Oshima to his meditative final album, 12. Captured in intimate black and white, and surrounded by trusted collaborators, Sakamoto bares his soul through his exquisitely haunting melodies, knowing that this was the last time he would be able to present his art.

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